Socket attachment



April Z0 1926.

R. GANS SOCKET ATTACHMENT' INVENToR. foss/zr GAA/.s

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SOCKET ATTACHMENTL Application filed June 3G,` 192.4. Serial N o.723,414.

To all 'whom t may conocer/t.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT Gans, a citizen of `the United States,residing at Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Socket Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to socket attachments and more particularly to anovel and improved device adapted to be connected to the key or buttonof an electric light socket for operating the same with facility andease wherever the socket may be positioned.

@ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a socket attachmentadapted to be positioned at the side thereof and connected to the socketkey or button in such manner that the latter may be rotated to close oropen the circuit without interference with the reflector or globesurrounding the lamp bulb.

A further object of my invention is to provide an electric light socketattachment constructed and arranged to be conveniently :mounted ondifferent styles and types of socket-s in such position that the socketkey may be conveniently rotated when positioned at a point overhead soas to open and close the circuit to the bulb.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully coniprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody the same in the variousmodifications in structure and relation contemplated, drawings depictinga preferred form have been annexed as a part of this disclosure and insuch drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding partsthroughout all the views, of which,

Figure l is a view in side elevation of a socket showing my attachmentin position.

Figure 2 is a side eleva-tion partly in section of the attachment withrelation to the socket.

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure is a modified form.

Figure G is a view taken substantally o n the line G-S of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like reference ch .ractersdesignate corresponding parts throughout all theviews, 5 designates aconventional type of electric light socket to which my attachment is.adapted to be connected at a` point below yof the socket 5f as shown bynumeral'S, see

Figure 2. ln the form .of 'the invention shown by Figures l tolinclusive Within the cup-shaped member 7, provide a key or buttonengaging member A9 which is adapted to frictionally bold and rotate withthe electric light key or button l0 which controls the operation oftlic'bul-b. The key operating member is mounted on a pin ll within thecupfshaped member and in Aclose engagement with the closed, sidek walll2. rlhe outer face of the key operating member is serrated as at 18 andthe wall l2 is provided with a segmental notch or cut out portion lil.Mounted on .the pin ll is4 Ja lever- 1.6, having an extension or `dog 17Aacl-jacent one end thereof, Vwhich dog ,is adapted to engage theserrations of the key turning element so as to rotate the samewhen thelever is actuated. A spring 1S encircles, `a

small sleeve 19 on the threaded portion 20` of the pin, said springbeing bent inwardly one endogt said spring being secured to. thecup-shaped member 7 as at 2l andthe opposite end Aof the spring,connected to the -elever at 22, it bei-ng lobserved Athat the springperforms the double function of urging the dog toward the serrated keyoperating member and also causes the lever to return to its normalposition when actuated. A locking nut 23 and y'asher 24. on the pinretains the lever and sleeve in propervposition. A pull chain 26 issecured to the aper tured end 27 of the lever for the obvious purpose.

Riveted to the sides of the cup-shaped member 7, is a divided clamp 29,the arms of which encircle the socket just below the collar and the freeends of the clamp are secured by a threaded bolt and nut as clearlyshown by Figure 4: of the drawings.

As a modified form of the invention as shown by Figure 6, the keyoperating member comprises a ratchet 3l formed with the key retainingportion 32 and a pivoted dog 38 cooperating with the ratchet and thepivoted lever 34:, rota-tes the said key in the same manner as abovedescribed. A spring 35 on the pin 36 causes the lever to return to itsnormal position when actuated. The

cup-shaped member 37, of course, is similar in construction to thecup-shaped member 7 and the same type of clamping device or itsequivalent may be resorted to for securing the modified form of theattachment to the socket.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing theform of the details of construction or otherwise altering thearrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spiritofthe invention or the scope of the appended claims. n

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is l. An attachment for electriclamp sockets comprising a cup-shaped member open at one end and shapedto conform to the curvature of a socket, means for clamping said memberto the side of the socket, a serrated, faced key operating member withinthe cup-shaped member, a pin extending through the closet end of thecup-shaped member, a resiliently controlled lever pivoted on said pinand means carried by the lever and engaging with the serrated face ofthe key operating member to partially rotate the same.

2. An attachment for electric lampi sockets comprising a cup-shapedmember open at one end and shaped to conform to the curvature of asocket, means for clamping said member to the side of the socket, a keyoperating member within the cup-shaped member7 the louter face of saidkey operating member being serrated, a pivoted lever having a dogengaging said serrated face and a spring for urging said dog inengagement with the serrations and adapted to return the lever toits'initial position, after each partial rotation of the key operatingmember.

3. An attachment for electric lamp sockets comprising a hollow elementopen at one end and shaped to conform to the curvature of a lamp socket,means for clamping said element to the sidelof the socket, a rotatablekey operating member within the hollow element, a pin extending throughthe closed end of said element, a resiliently controlled lever mountedon said pin and a dog operable in a segmental notch in the closed end ofthe hollow element to partially rotate the key operating element whenthe lever is actuated.

4. An attachment for electric lamp sockets comprising a cup-shapedmember open at one end and shaped to conform to the curvature of asocket, a clamping member for attaching the said cup-shaped memberdirectly to the side of the socket, a key operating element within thecup-shaped member, said key operating member having a serrated face, theouter closed face of the cup-shaped member 'being slotted, a pinextending through the said outer face, a lever pivoted on said pin, adog carried bythe lever and engaging the serrated face of the keyoperating member, and a spring mounted on said pin, one end of thespring being attached to the cup-shaped member and the opposite end tothe said lever.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT GANs.

